PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Et rebum ut no ut ut. Sit gubergren sed erat diam ipsum gubergren possim elitr dolores stet sanctus est at. Ea dolor ea nihil. Sed ex amet eu velit et. No consequat rebum consectetuer ea dolor duo ut lorem ut sed diam odio takimata. Dignissim no sanctus dolores consectetuer et dolores dolores diam augue duo. Et quis no suscipit diam justo gubergren nobis. Dolore lorem erat aliquip. Stet ad lorem at sed elitr et eirmod erat elitr dolore lobortis.
Elitr justo enim eos dolor rebum sit no consetetur takimata velit ea duis et. Vero vero no illum voluptua diam ut blandit accusam. Voluptua zzril erat duis duo dolor amet feugiat aliquam ullamcorper. Erat tempor molestie facer lobortis kasd sanctus. Invidunt in magna. Duo est vel blandit voluptua vel suscipit facilisi. Kasd nam odio et eos gubergren facilisis kasd sea.
Sample Output H3
Consequat sit sit dolores consetetur sed vulputate lorem stet vero volutpat takimata amet labore consetetur dolor est stet sed. Ea dolores amet. Dignissim at sea feugiat dolor aliquyam magna clita ipsum takimata et dolores no dolor sadipscing ea. Eirmod consetetur elitr voluptua rebum. Lorem vel lorem accusam et et consetetur. Sed consectetuer quis zzril minim illum no dolor dolore dolor eos lorem nonumy duo et dignissim takimata accusam est.
Vero takimata sed est ipsum elitr labore ipsum no. Quis no dolor dolor amet enim. Exerci dolor et esse kasd delenit diam gubergren tempor eos. Facilisis eum sit sed dolore et nulla sed erat ullamcorper quis sed at amet. Autem consetetur iriure elitr adipiscing voluptua sanctus feugait diam nonumy est gubergren dolor dolore magna amet et sed. Vero rebum accusam velit ipsum sed in odio sadipscing. Ipsum in no sit. Ea no ea consetetur feugiat et lobortis. Justo eos ipsum nonumy sit dolores dolor quis consequat magna sit exerci gubergren sanctus hendrerit kasd amet takimata diam. Duo erat iriure imperdiet dolor exerci eum zzril magna accusam dolor dolor illum voluptua dolor.
Sample Output H4
Eum ea lorem amet sit aliquam sit dolore eos facilisis aliquam amet eirmod amet dolore sed consetetur ipsum. Sed sanctus augue tempor aliquyam sit ipsum et. Consetetur sed et no rebum sea volutpat quis amet dolor placerat no. Ea molestie iriure vero lorem elitr est sed kasd diam takimata. Vel sed erat at consequat clita dolor sadipscing. Diam amet iriure at tempor imperdiet. Ea facilisis elitr duis rebum diam eros elitr sadipscing ea ipsum est accusam sadipscing praesent tempor diam.
Et sanctus dolore amet nonumy consetetur commodo iusto kasd sed sit. Clita ea takimata sadipscing labore dolore sit erat takimata consectetuer eirmod dolor justo sed placerat voluptua. Dignissim sea soluta duis vulputate augue elitr gubergren voluptua ipsum. Ipsum et feugiat sit sadipscing invidunt sed no rebum sit. Accumsan dolore et nonumy kasd blandit. Magna delenit odio erat ipsum takimata et et illum est dolor duis gubergren. Erat veniam feugiat ea et tempor eum dolore ut et iriure. Ipsum sit accusam vero justo erat magna sit consetetur justo aliquyam dolor. In duo dolor ut justo facilisi et vero invidunt. Esse vulputate accusam amet luptatum et ipsum augue hendrerit tempor illum suscipit ex.
Sample Output H4
Ut possim gubergren sea et sanctus elit sed duis. Justo ipsum luptatum amet quod facilisis erat consequat et dolore ut. Ut sea aliquyam amet feugait quis ea ut ut dolor duis vulputate et duo est. Sea eos sea nostrud hendrerit dolor consequat vero sit ipsum amet. Lorem sea feugiat stet sadipscing ut cum dolor erat odio magna accusam.
Ad soluta labore sed kasd euismod dolore. Accusam praesent accumsan diam gubergren nonumy at takimata consetetur aliquyam. Lorem aliquyam diam takimata velit eu dolor consequat ipsum amet. Elitr eirmod congue accumsan ipsum amet nonumy feugait dolore eirmod sea no. Kasd eos diam kasd ea elitr et vero. Eos euismod dolor dolor autem. Consetetur duo sadipscing praesent amet justo at. Sed invidunt et elit dolores ipsum ipsum diam. Accusam sed aliquyam rebum et velit justo elit erat nulla at. Et vero dolores justo sea et rebum amet gubergren. Dolore suscipit dolor diam at dolor nulla velit sadipscing dolore dolor et enim sed.
Sample Output H3
Dolor aliquip at tempor ea kasd lorem. Nonumy clita lorem lorem gubergren tempor ut ea invidunt facilisi nulla et amet ipsum tation elitr eirmod ut labore. Et aliquam tincidunt euismod et. Duo nulla stet invidunt et ut suscipit delenit nisl stet in feugiat elit. Clita magna ipsum eos et tincidunt iriure quis diam consequat dolore laoreet kasd amet consectetuer. Et duis sit dignissim consequat velit augue. Sadipscing accusam eirmod elit feugiat. Sit erat at sed cum nonumy accumsan. Nulla quis magna est est. Elitr facilisi gubergren gubergren rebum lorem dolor amet dolore.
Minim dolores invidunt ea clita clita kasd et sed. Ipsum stet enim te duis. Duo lorem amet eirmod dolor lorem sea lorem vel kasd sed volutpat tincidunt justo vulputate sit sit. Tempor eos et nonumy diam sed et et exerci lorem eirmod. Diam duis dolore voluptua feugiat at dolore. Eos magna sea.
Sample Output H4
Amet elitr clita vero no. Sanctus clita voluptua magna ut velit amet sea eos duo at et lorem eleifend takimata. Erat dolore et nostrud lorem ea rebum. Sanctus ipsum diam euismod feugiat invidunt nibh duo. Sed et eu sit kasd clita eirmod consectetuer et gubergren et. Dolor ipsum dolore sanctus lorem rebum magna exerci. Consetetur elitr ipsum euismod praesent voluptua lorem nonumy. Tempor gubergren in sit in ut voluptua illum justo lorem sed.
Lorem amet ut. In no aliquam gubergren facilisi et no ut sit ut wisi eum. Dignissim nonumy sadipscing eos vero in sea takimata sit diam erat. Amet diam nibh ipsum stet esse tempor facer tempor nobis. Justo sed stet magna magna.
Sample Output H4
Nonummy facilisis sed tincidunt et accumsan labore no aliquyam dolor sed ut nihil amet vulputate amet illum nisl. Aliquyam dolore amet et ipsum at et dolore ut facilisis sed augue sed diam tempor dolor. Aliquyam dignissim sadipscing est accusam lorem mazim sit minim eu est enim. Nostrud magna doming luptatum molestie liber amet gubergren sanctus amet rebum sadipscing doming nihil wisi. Sit consequat te sadipscing duo dolore vero nostrud gubergren sadipscing enim elitr magna.
Ea dolores gubergren et autem dolor amet. Amet takimata stet et tempor erat clita consetetur et vero clita minim lorem clita. Dolor sed lorem tempor vulputate minim eirmod sit at sit sed duis no dolor nulla accusam. Magna dolor gubergren tempor velit ipsum takimata et dolore lorem voluptua dolor ut dolor at odio. Stet elitr vel et dolor vero veniam tempor. Tempor rebum rebum laoreet no ipsum ipsum te. Ipsum dolor duo at augue. Vulputate sadipscing augue. Et consetetur ipsum stet stet nostrud odio esse id accusam.
More Sample Output H2
Enim lorem nonumy clita sadipscing et feugait sed nonummy commodo elitr gubergren et ipsum. Vulputate rebum consequat gubergren et aliquyam aliquyam. Vero nonumy labore sit no et dolore sed hendrerit ipsum minim qui justo ipsum et lorem eos elit eos. Accusam dolor eirmod eos consetetur sit aliquyam eos dolor iriure magna diam sit dolore eu invidunt vero illum amet. Sit accusam accusam.
Dolore hendrerit et elitr. Vulputate nulla sanctus voluptua sit eos amet sed takimata sea sed. Magna te rebum possim dolore stet aliquip dolor consetetur ut lorem lobortis sea consectetuer magna minim. Kasd tempor vero no odio tempor consetetur lorem eros erat quis diam amet diam elitr. Et eos eros consetetur nonumy sit sanctus. Sit sit erat vel clita duo feugiat. Ut ea dolor duis eu consetetur dolor dolor et ut sanctus dolore amet sanctus consetetur dolor. Hendrerit eirmod vero est. Takimata consetetur et at duo magna rebum erat ut. Consetetur et nisl molestie rebum sea aliquyam voluptua ipsum.
Sample Output H3
Accusam nibh et. Diam takimata dolore sed nonummy erat luptatum eirmod aliquyam sea. Nibh iusto autem vero diam eos sit elit diam gubergren et diam et quis vel clita ipsum amet. Erat congue magna diam nonummy rebum magna in euismod. Veniam magna hendrerit diam kasd luptatum sed congue diam est sit et. Dolor duis vulputate imperdiet lorem clita aliquyam sit diam elitr amet lorem ut consequat lorem dolores euismod. Dolor in et sed vel nibh dolor sanctus ipsum diam eos vero sed commodo. Lorem sed accumsan tempor dolores et sed dolor rebum. Sanctus veniam et vero et tempor feugiat elit ad dolore amet et vero lorem ea amet.
Ullamcorper justo aliquyam ut sit dolor vero tempor erat magna diam invidunt vero lorem ipsum dolor hendrerit et. Lorem rebum ipsum consectetuer nostrud no minim sed et eos nibh et in possim aliquyam ut. Amet velit et et lorem nihil sea eleifend blandit voluptua sea sit magna vel at amet et stet. Sed dolor velit elitr et elit in dolore labore sadipscing est vel consetetur rebum takimata dolor ipsum. No sit invidunt clita invidunt no et eos amet dolore dolor dolor et ut voluptua. Duis vero vero ipsum velit suscipit sed et justo elitr magna in stet dolore eos at et no vero. Autem et dolore nibh no magna adipiscing eos kasd tempor aliquam ipsum id ea. Magna duo et ut justo vero et elitr sed imperdiet gubergren no.
Sample Output H4
Augue vel stet sit dolor magna gubergren sed sit eirmod elitr eos duo est ad et. Ipsum lorem clita elitr sea ipsum at eirmod vel sed lorem eirmod erat amet. Tempor consetetur dolor nulla liber dolor duis aliquam ipsum ut et vel sea sit ullamcorper. Quod sanctus dolor. Kasd magna stet ullamcorper rebum nonumy sit stet vulputate aliquyam elitr et et accusam dignissim nulla takimata no. Dolore justo vel gubergren elitr sed dolore dolor kasd gubergren clita diam dolore luptatum ipsum veniam. Eos gubergren no feugiat consequat dolore dolore. Diam amet diam.
Dolores no esse lorem kasd vero ipsum eros. Ea eleifend elitr labore ipsum et volutpat in nonumy tempor at lorem vel magna duo nisl eleifend consequat luptatum. Augue et lorem laoreet consequat. Ipsum sadipscing vero est no stet diam sadipscing consetetur sadipscing velit sit nulla at stet sit vero. Imperdiet erat et sed dolor clita aliquyam sed eleifend eirmod amet ut magna dolores. Gubergren laoreet vero amet dolore amet lorem stet sed invidunt takimata nulla autem diam sed dolor clita sanctus. Aliquyam lorem gubergren at sed elitr consetetur duo stet ipsum dolore no sit eos dolor consequat dolor tincidunt vel. Stet erat suscipit at elitr. Possim feugiat dolor no et eirmod erat labore accusam sit lorem ipsum consectetuer sed diam dolore esse gubergren. Voluptua kasd et clita tempor eirmod takimata amet et amet et sea tempor dolore dolor.
Sample Output H4
Luptatum eos zzril vero feugiat stet ipsum dolor. Ut sed gubergren vel velit. Delenit voluptua lorem labore lorem. Consequat tempor enim. Stet dolores et te rebum ea lorem nonumy doming aliquyam stet aliquyam elitr sit erat eos gubergren eleifend. Et dolor lorem et tempor feugait feugiat blandit.
Feugait et dolor invidunt dolore soluta rebum aliquyam sed dolor no. Odio diam sanctus dolore nisl ut et erat sadipscing no et laoreet autem euismod autem labore ut. Invidunt augue sed dolor sit. Gubergren gubergren gubergren. Dolores elitr ut gubergren accumsan at erat no diam eirmod.
Sample Output H3
Eu at et consectetuer labore autem nam accumsan et eu enim sadipscing tempor. Sit accusam eirmod no eos eum at nibh et sit sea eos ipsum. Dolore takimata takimata dolor. Veniam ea et nonumy sit vel erat et. Takimata sanctus iriure sed tincidunt erat luptatum in eirmod consectetuer ea eu ea sanctus. Erat kasd gubergren zzril volutpat erat magna laoreet duo dolore consetetur magna stet. Eirmod duis quis. Est vel dolore eos ipsum et sit diam ipsum clita sed zzril consetetur sadipscing no sit gubergren eos est. Dolor at consetetur labore sanctus nonummy dolore stet eirmod tincidunt. Vero est dolore enim est takimata sanctus rebum sadipscing clita dolores voluptua clita magna ea eirmod amet vero.
Ipsum sed consetetur ipsum. Gubergren commodo clita possim tempor vulputate amet sadipscing invidunt et gubergren et augue aliquam. Eirmod sed erat cum ipsum autem eirmod molestie in dolor nulla dolore clita. Invidunt dolores kasd nulla et amet nonummy. Accumsan accusam voluptua et dolor at lorem sea vulputate.
Sample Output H4
Imperdiet consectetuer blandit erat gubergren lorem adipiscing diam gubergren. Amet elitr sit stet aliquip labore amet amet vulputate adipiscing. Clita in et eos eos invidunt aliquyam sea. Sit lorem iriure sanctus et tempor duo nonumy wisi vero ex duo. Sadipscing vero rebum et lobortis vel nostrud dolore. Ea accumsan sed adipiscing sadipscing ipsum est sed delenit in molestie diam amet sit dolore consetetur sed blandit. Kasd et ipsum dolore accumsan aliquyam nobis sit no diam consequat vel ipsum nam euismod. Dolores ea vero consetetur et wisi in sed clita amet sed et eos rebum diam rebum. Sadipscing in sed blandit quod dolores lobortis nostrud dolor aliquyam amet lorem sanctus dolor labore takimata cum. Aliquyam dolores accumsan stet in. Ipsum et sadipscing lorem sed vero stet lorem invidunt ea ipsum.
Ea sadipscing dolor lorem nisl duo labore lorem. Sanctus iriure facilisis ut lorem commodo. Dolor facilisi magna augue volutpat consequat ut sea eleifend et diam dolores dolor. Odio lorem blandit nonumy lorem. Et consequat accusam consetetur hendrerit dolor eos rebum autem duis. Est rebum lorem eos dolore nulla tempor justo et et diam tempor est sed est ipsum dolores ea. Et erat molestie takimata congue amet vulputate invidunt elitr. Kasd nostrud kasd lorem sea sanctus ipsum. Diam kasd no amet invidunt nonumy molestie at quis amet ipsum ut. Ullamcorper facilisis invidunt velit sit accusam sea nonumy eos sadipscing eos sit eos sanctus nonumy erat et stet. Dolor sed diam takimata tempor sed at amet et et sea consequat gubergren eos ad laoreet eum vero lorem.
Sample Output H4
Amet eum dolores sit tempor accusam vel labore nulla lorem eros esse duo dolores sed at in. Et commodo amet tempor. Consequat vulputate sanctus eos sanctus aliquip consectetuer aliquyam cum et amet sanctus autem dolore tation sit tempor sit clita. Facer magna rebum ipsum accusam sed consetetur. Vero dolore rebum accumsan no vero praesent sit aliquyam lorem sed nobis consetetur gubergren.
Duo eu consetetur dolore magna autem sit accusam et gubergren. Commodo in laoreet luptatum rebum nam sed rebum dignissim tempor diam. Elitr sadipscing kasd accusam nonumy est kasd et illum sea tempor dolore gubergren autem clita amet diam. Iriure laoreet amet diam sit. Justo et diam consetetur erat facilisis et wisi in kasd vel nonumy esse. Sea et voluptua sea dolores no vel erat est dolores. Sit lorem duis rebum aliquam rebum rebum sadipscing et magna. Sed et sit blandit est hendrerit dolor augue stet. Lorem dolore facilisis euismod ipsum eos kasd elitr sanctus amet te gubergren dolores in feugait aliquam nonumy sed. Diam amet ad nonummy esse eirmod hendrerit magna eirmod laoreet nonumy tincidunt sea lorem et diam. Et eirmod et et ipsum amet et tempor magna duo.